Kankesanthurai railway station

Kankesanthurai காங்கேசன்துறை කන්කසන්තුරේ
Sri Lankan Railway Station
Location	Kankesanthurai Sri Lanka
Coordinates	9°48′52.10″N 80°02′54.10″E / 9.8144722°N 80.0483611°E / 9.8144722; 80.0483611Coordinates: 9°48′52.10″N 80°02′54.10″E / 9.8144722°N 80.0483611°E / 9.8144722; 80.0483611
Owned by	Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)	Northern Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Functioning
History
Rebuilt	2 January 2015
Electrified	No
Services
Yal Devi ,...
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Kankesanthurai railway station (Tamil: காங்கேசன்துறை தொடருந்து நிலையம் Kāṅkēcaṉtuṟai toṭaruntu nilaiyam) is a railway station in the town of Kankesanthurai in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo. The station was not functioning between 1990 and 2015 due to the civil war. The Northern Line between Jaffna and Kankesanthurai was re-opened on 2 January 2015.^[1][2]

Services

The following train services are available from/to the station:^[3]

References

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